HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1954
Medical Personnel. The number of doctors, nurses and other medical personnel officially and privately employed in the Colony is given in Appendix XIII-B.
New Construction. The Medical Department opened two large new centres during the year; a large polyclinic for physical medicine, dental and chest clinics, with adequate X-ray and dental laboratory, at Kennedy Road, Wanchai, and the Maurine Grantham Health Centre at Tsun Wan, which in addition to a health centre, accommodates a small maternity hospital of 12 beds, a pharmacy, a general curative clinic and quarters for the resident staff.
A new Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital of 200 beds at Sai Ying Pun is nearing completion and plans are being made for a new general hospital of 1,200 beds in Kowloon and for a custodial home and mental hospital at Castle Peak for 500 patients.
Urban Services
The Urban Council
The Urban Council, the organization and activities of which are described in Chapter 21, has statutory responsibilities for various public health measures in the urban area. The Chairman of the Council is also Director of the Urban Services Department, and the Sanitary Division of this department is responsible for the actual performance of public health activities in the urban area.
The staff establishment of this Division
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